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Dataset on tree diversity metrics and aboveground carbon storage in Southeastern U.S. oak-pine forests, 2009–2019
This dataset contains measurements of tree structural and taxonomic diversity, stand attributes, and aboveground carbon storage from mixed oak-pine forests in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, located in the southeastern United States. Data were collected from 946 mixed oak-pine, and 7224 longleaf-slash pine and oak-pine Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots respectively spanning the years 2009 to 2019. Variables include aboveground carbon, aboveground biomass, tree density, basal area, stand age, and diversity metrics such as Shannon indices for tree species and diameter-based structural classes. Functional diversity metrics—including functional dominance and functional divergence—are also included. These data were used to support a published study examining the interactive effects of diversity metrics on carbon storage using structural equation modeling. The geographic coverage represents humid subtropical forest regions of the southeastern U.S.
Pawpaws prevent predictability: A locally-dominant tree alters understory beta-diversity and community assembly
<p>Data used in "Pawpaws Prevent Predictability: A locally-dominant tree alters understory beta-diversity and community assembly" (Wassel and Myers) accepted for publication in Ecosphere.<br><br><strong>Metadata for Zenodo.pdf </strong>contains more information on the following data files including descriptions of the columns. </p> <p>The file <strong>understory_abundance_data2021.csv</strong> contains all species abundances in 1x1m plots. This data was used for analyses in publication. Each row is a plot, each column is a speceis or plot descriptor, values for columns 5 and higher are species abundances. Data was collected July-August 2021 by Anna Wassel in Missouri, USA. </p> <p>The file <strong>understory_species_list2021.csv </strong>contains a list of the species codes used in the first file with their scientific names and their status as herbs or woody. This was used to filter out herbaceous species from the data set for herbaceous-only analyses. </p> <p> </p>
Inferring whole-genome histories in large population datasets: inferred tree sequences for Simons Genome Diversity Project
<p>Tree sequences inferred for the SGDP autosomes using <a href="https://tsinfer.readthedocs.io/">tsinfer</a> version 0.1.4 and compressed using <a href="https://tszip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/">tszip</a>. Tree sequences can be decompressed as follows:</p> <pre><code class="language-bash">$ tsunzip sgdp_chr1.trees.tsz</code></pre> <p>Once decompressed, trees files can be loaded and processed using <a href="https://tskit.readthedocs.io">tskit</a>. </p> <pre><code class="language-python">import tskit ts = tskit.load("sgdp_chr1.trees") # ts is an instance of tskit.TreeSequence print("Chromosome 1 contains {} trees".format(ts.num_trees))</code></pre> <p>Metadata associated with individuals and populations was derived from the original <a href="https://sharehost.hms.harvard.edu/genetics/reich_lab/sgdp/SGDP_metadata.279public.21signedLetter.samples.txt">source</a> and converted to JSON form. For example, to access individual metadata we can use:</p> <pre><code class="language-python">import tskit import json ts = tskit.load("sgdp_chr1.trees") ind = ts.individual(0) metadata_dict = json.loads(ind.metadata)</code></pre> <p>The metadata_dict variable will now contain all the metadata for the individual with ID 0 as a dictionary. Metadata associated with populations can be found in a similar way. Population IDs are associated with individuals via their constituent nodes. For example,</p> <pre><code class="language-python">pop_metadata = [json.loads(pop.metadata) for pop in ts.populations()] ind_node = ts.node(ind.nodes[0]) ind_pop_metadata = pop_metadata[ind_node.population]</code></pre> <p>After this, the ind_pop_metadata variable will contain the population level metadata for individual ID 0.</p> <p>The full data pipeline used to generate these tree sequences and associated metadata is available on <a href="https://github.com/mcveanlab/treeseq-inference/tree/master/human-data">GitHub</a>.</p>
Tree mortality in Forest and Biodiversity 2: a tree diversity experiment to understand the consequences of multiple dimensions of diversity and composition for long-term ecosystem function and resilience
The Forest and Biodiversity (FAB2) experiment uses native tree species in varying levels of species richness, phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity planted in 100 m2 and 400 m2 plots at 1 m spacing, appropriate for testing long-term ecosystem consequences. FAB2 was designed and established in conjunction with a prior experiment (FAB1) in which the same set of twelve species was planted in 16 m2 plots at 0.5 m spacing. Both are adjacent to the BioDIV prairie-grassland diversity experiment, enabling comparative investigations of diversity and ecosystem function relationships between experimental grasslands and forests at different planting densities and plot sizes. This data package examines mortality in the first six years of the experiment.
FAB2_sapling_volume_2021-2022 in Forest and Biodiversity 2: a tree diversity experiment to understand the consequences of multiple dimensions of diversity and composition for long-term ecosystem function and resilience
The Forest and Biodiversity (FAB2) experiment uses native tree species in varying levels of species richness, phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity planted in 100 m2 and 400 m2 plots at 1 m spacing, appropriate for testing long-term ecosystem consequences. FAB2 was designed and established in conjunction with a prior experiment (FAB1) in which the same set of twelve species was planted in 16 m2 plots at 0.5 m spacing. Both are adjacent to the BioDIV prairie-grassland diversity experiment, enabling comparative investigations of diversity and ecosystem function relationships between experimental grasslands and forests at different planting densities and plot sizes. This data package examines mortality in the first six years of the experiment.
fab2_allometry_2016-2022 in Forest and Biodiversity 2: a tree diversity experiment to understand the consequences of multiple dimensions of diversity and composition for long-term ecosystem function and resilience
The Forest and Biodiversity (FAB2) experiment uses native tree species in varying levels of species richness, phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity planted in 100 m2 and 400 m2 plots at 1 m spacing, appropriate for testing long-term ecosystem consequences. FAB2 was designed and established in conjunction with a prior experiment (FAB1) in which the same set of twelve species was planted in 16 m2 plots at 0.5 m spacing. Both are adjacent to the BioDIV prairie-grassland diversity experiment, enabling comparative investigations of diversity and ecosystem function relationships between experimental grasslands and forests at different planting densities and plot sizes. This data package examines mortality in the first six years of the experiment.
1-km forest tree height, cover, plant area index, and foliage height diversity for the CONUS
<p>Consistent and spatially explicit periodic monitoring of forest structure is essential for estimating forest-related carbon emissions, analyzing forest degradation, and supporting sustainable forest management policies. To date, few products are available that allow for continental to global operational monitoring of changes in canopy structure. In this study, we explored the synergy between the NASA’s spaceborne Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) waveform LiDAR and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) data to produce spatially explicit and consistent annual maps of canopy height (CH), percent canopy cover (PCC), plant area index (PAI), and foliage height diversity (FHD) across the conterminous United States (CONUS) at 1-km resolution for 2013-2020. The accuracies of the annual maps were assessed using forest structure attribute derived from airborne laser scanning (ALS) data acquired between 2013 and 2020 for the 48 National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) field sites distributed across the CONUS. The root mean square error (RMSE) values of the annual canopy height maps as compared with the ALS reference data varied from a minimum of 3.31-m for 2020 to a maximum of 4.19-m for 2017. Similarly, the RMSE values for PCC ranged between 8% (2020) and 11% (all other years). Qualitative evaluations of the annual maps using time series of very high-resolution images further suggested that the VIIRS-derived products could capture both large and “more” subtle changes in forest structure associated with partial harvesting, wind damage, wildfires, and other environmental stresses.</p>
Nairobi_Street_Trees_Distribution_Diversity
<p>Input data and code to accompany the paper:</p> <p>Alice Gerow, Vivian Kathambi, Dexter Locke, Mark Ashton, Craig Brodersen. Street tree communities reflect socioeconomic inequalities and legacy effects of colonial planning in Nairobi, Kenya. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128530">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128530</a></p> <p>The input data consists in street tree observations collected during a field survey conducted between June and August 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. The code includes descriptive tables and plots, statistical tests, and alpha and beta diversity metrics and visualizations used to compare ecological communities across social groups.</p>
A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes: Unified, inferred tree sequences of 1000 Genomes, Human Genome Diversity, and Simons Genome Diversity Projects
<p>Unified, inferred tree sequences built from the 1000 Genomes phase 3, Human Genome Diversity, and Simons Genome Diversity Projects. Each tree sequence is the arm of an autosome (the short arm of acrocentric chromosomes are not included). Tree sequences were inferred using <a href="https://tsinfer.readthedocs.io/">tsinfer</a> version 0.2.1, dated using <a href="https://tsdate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">tsdate</a> version 0.1.4 and compressed using <a href="https://tszip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/">tszip</a>. All data is in GRCh38.</p> <p>The full data pipeline used to generate these tree sequences and associated metadata is available on <a href="https://github.com/awohns/unified_genealogy_paper">GitHub</a>. A description can be found in the Supplementary Material of <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.16.431497v2">Wohns et al. (2021)</a>.</p> <p>Tree sequences can be decompressed as follows:</p> <pre><code>$ tsunzip hgdp_tgp_sgdp_chr1_p.dated.trees.tsz</code></pre> <p>Once decompressed, trees files can be loaded and processed in Python using <a href="https://tskit.readthedocs.io/">tskit</a>. </p> <pre><code>import tskit ts = tskit.load("hgdp_tgp_sgdp_chr1_p.dated.trees") # ts is an instance of tskit.TreeSequence print("The short arm of chromosome 1 contains {} trees".format(ts.num_trees))</code></pre> <p>Metadata associated with nodes contain the mean and variance of tsdate's posterior distribution on node time. To access these values, we can use:</p> <pre><code>import json node = ts.node(10000) metadata_dict = json.loads(node.metadata) print("The mean of the posterior distribution on the age of node 10000 is {} generations".format(metadata_dict["mn"])) print("The variance of the posterior distribution on the age of node 10000 is {} generations".format(metadata_dict["vr"]))</code></pre> <p>Age estimates for each variant site can be derived from the mean of the age estimates of the upper and lower bounding nodes of the oldest mutation associated with a site. tsdate includes <a href="https://tsdate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/python-api.html?highlight=sites_time_from_ts#tsdate.sites_time_from_ts">a function to find the age estimates of all sites in the tree sequence</a>:</p> <pre><code>import tsdate site_times = tsdate.sites_time_from_ts(ts, node_selection='arithmetic')</code></pre> <p>This returns a numpy array which has a length equal to the number of sites.</p> <p>Accessing variant sites in the tree sequence provides the position and id of variants:</p> <pre><code>site = ts.site(1000) site_metadata = json.loads(site.metadata) print("The position of site 1000 is {} and its ID is {}.".format(site.position, site_metadata["ID"]))</code></pre> <p>Metadata associated with individuals and populations was derived from the original sources (<a href="http://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/technical/working/20130606_sample_info/20130606_g1k.ped">TGP</a>, <a>HGDP</a>, and <a href="https://sharehost.hms.harvard.edu/genetics/reich_lab/sgdp/SGDP_metadata.279public.21signedLetter.samples.txt">SGDP</a>) and converted to JSON form. For example, to access individual metadata we can use:</p> <pre><code>ind = ts.individual(0) metadata_dict = json.loads(ind.metadata)</code></pre> <p>The metadata_dict variable will now contain all the metadata for the individual with ID 0 as a dictionary. Metadata associated with populations can be found in a similar way. Population IDs are associated with individuals via their constituent nodes. For example,</p> <pre><code>pop_metadata = [json.loads(pop.metadata) for pop in ts.populations()] ind_node = ts.node(ind.nodes[0]) ind_pop_metadata = pop_metadata[ind_node.population]</code></pre> <p>After this, the ind_pop_metadata variable will contain the population level metadata for individual ID 0.</p>
Tree growth (1999-2012) for the Functional Diversity project, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, North Carolina
The importance of the herbaceous layer in regulating ecosystem processes in deciduous forests is generally unknown. We use a manipulative study in a rich, mesophytic cove forest in the southern Appalachians to test the following hypotheses: (i) the herbaceous functional group (HFG) in mesophytic coves accelerates carbon and nutrient cycling, (ii) high litter quality input and rapid nutrient turnover associated with HFG will have a positive effect on overstory tree growth, and (iii) the HFG regulates tree regeneration with negative effects on seedling establishment due to competition for resources. We established treatment plots in a mesic, cove-hardwoods forest and removed the herbaceous flora (HR, removed twice per year) or added herbaceous organic material (OMA, once per year) for comparison to a no removal (NR) reference for a total of 14 years. The OMA treatment stimulated soil N-mineralization and increased litterfall mass and N content. OMA N-mineralization rates were more than two times greater than both the NR and HR treatments; however, we did not detect significant differences in soil CO2 efflux among treatments. Higher overstory litterfall mass and N in the OMA treatment plots indicated that overstory trees were benefiting from the enhanced soil N-mineralization. Higher overstory leaf mass and N suggests an important linkage between HR and aboveground net primary production even though this did not translate into greater tree basal area increment. We found an increase in regeneration of all tree species with HFG removal, and the response was particularly evident for Acer rubrum seedlings.
FIG. 5. — Strict consensus tree from eight most parsimonious trees recovered for Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 in Diversity, morphological phylogeny, and distribution of bats of the genus Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Brazil
FIG. 5. — Strict consensus tree from eight most parsimonious trees recovered for Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805. Numbers above the branches indicate Bootstrap values and bottom numbers indicate Bremer support values.
Supplementary material 1: Elevation data of FSN Dynamics Plot from: Tree Diversity and Dynamics of the Forest of Seu Nico, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5425 (31 July 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5425
X, Y and elevation values of all vertices from 100 subplots from the one hectar FSN Dynamics Plot relative to starting point forming the northwestern vertex
Fig. 5 in Bird Diversity Differs Between Industrial Tree Plantations On Borneo: Implications For Conservation Planning
Fig. 5. Nonlinear multidimensional scaling of bird survey data pooled by point-transect. Vectors represent correlations between the ordination and habitat variables. Vectors and Pearson correlation coefficients are plotted for habitat variables with an r2> 0.200 for axis 1.
Fig. 4 in Bird Diversity Differs Between Industrial Tree Plantations On Borneo: Implications For Conservation Planning
Fig. 4. Plots of (A) species and (B) individual rates (from Fig. 1) versus number of species listed by www.birdlife.org (Table 1) per habitat type.
Fig. 1 in Bird Diversity Differs Between Industrial Tree Plantations On Borneo: Implications For Conservation Planning
Fig. 1. Map of forest occurrence in Borneo in 2005 (WWF-Malaysia, 2005) showing the localities of the Sarawak Planted Forest Project and Sabah Softwoods plantation.
Functional genomics and co-occurrence in a diverse tropical tree genus: The roles of drought and defense related genes
<p>Tropical tree communities are among the most diverse in the world. A small number of genera often disproportionately contribute to this diversity. How so many species from a single genus can co-occur represents a major outstanding question in biology. Niche differences are likely to play a major role in promoting congeneric diversity, but the mechanisms of interest are often not well-characterized by the set of functional traits generally measured by ecologists. To address this knowledge gap, we used a functional genomic approach to investigate the mechanisms of co-occurrence in the hyper-diverse genus <em>Ficus</em>. Our study focused on over 800 genes related to drought and defense, providing detailed information on how these genes may contribute to the diversity of <em>Ficus</em> species. We find widespread and consistent evidence of the importance of defense gene dissimilarity in co-occurring species, providing genetic support for what would be expected under the Janzen-Connell mechanism. We also find that drought-related gene sequence similarity is related to <em>Ficus</em> co-occurrence, indicating that similar responses to drought promote co-occurrence. We provide the first detailed functional genomic evidence of how drought- and defense-related genes simultaneously contribute to the local co-occurrence in a hyper-diverse genus. Our results demonstrate the potential of community transcriptomics to identify the drivers of species co-occurrence in hyper-diverse tropical tree genera.</p>
Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland
<p>Isolated trees are increasingly recognised as playing a vital role in supporting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, yet their occurrence has declined substantially in recent decades. Most bats in Europe are tree-dependent species that rely on woody elements in order to persist in farmlands. However, isolated trees are rarely considered in conservation programs and landscape planning. Further investigations are therefore urgently required to identify which trees – based on both their intrinsic characteristics and their location in the landscape – are particularly important for bats. We acoustically surveyed 57 isolated trees for bats to determine the relative and interactive effects of size, tree-related microhabitat (TreM) diversity and surrounding landscape context on bat activity. Tall trees with large diameter at breast height and crown area positively influenced the activity of <em>Pipistrellus pipistrellus</em> and small Myotis bats (<em>Myotis</em> spp.) while smaller and thinner trees favoured <em>M. myotis</em> activity. The diversity of TreMs that can be used as roosts had a positive effect on (i) <em>Barbastella barbastellus</em> activity only when trees were relatively close (10% within 100 radius scale). The potential benefits of isolated trees for bats result from ecological mechanisms operating at both tree and landscape scales, underlining the crucial need for implementing a multi-scale approach in conservation programs. Maintaining the largest and most TreM-diversified trees located in the most heterogeneous agricultural landscapes will provide the greatest benefits.</p>
Figure 2. Mitotype tree and distribution maps for 98 in Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species
Figure 2. Mitotype tree and distribution maps for 98 DNA-barcodes belonging to 7 mitotypes of the ant Lasius niger (blue, n = 70) and 15 mitotypes of L. ponderosae sp. nov. (red, n = 28). The red dashed line delimits the expected natural range of L. ponderosae sp. nov.53 Maps have been created using the free R-package "ggmap" v3.0.0 (https://github.com/dkahle/ggmap) in R v4.1.1. Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0.
Data from: Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition and abundance in a tropical rainforest
<p>These are summarised plot data from fifteen 40 m by 40 m sample plots established in Oban Division of Cross River National Park, Nigeria, between 23rd August 2019 and 9th September 2019. We have also included data summaries and RStudio codes used for analysis and generating results for the manuscript entitled: "Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition and abundance in a tropical rainforest", submitted for publication as an original research article in Biotropica. All data and R code required to generate the results as shown in the manuscript have been included. Complete tree species and plot data can be accessed at https://forestplots.net/.</p>
Fig. 1. The Neighbor Joining tree for 37 in Taxonomic Diversity Of The Genus Tor (Cyprinidae) From Aceh Waters In Indonesia Based On Cytochrome Oxidase Sub-Unit I (Coi) Gene
Fig. 1. The Neighbor Joining tree for 37 sequences of Tor from seven locations in Aceh Province estimated using 1000 bootstrap replications.
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